Three different limited edition Valentine’s Day themed TAP cards are now available in select TAP vending machines at the stations listed below. Not all stations have each design. Check the [continue reading]
Meet the officers who keep us safe on Metro at a law enforcement meet and greet on Monday, Jan. 28 at the Red Line Vermont/Santa Monica Station. The event will [continue reading]
Metro Chief Planning Officer Therese McMillan has announced that she has accepted the position of Executive Director of the Metropolitan Transportation Commission in the Bay Area. Metro CEO Phil Washington will soon announce an interim CPO and that a national search will commence to permanently fill the position. Therese previously [continue reading]
I’m very curious to hear everyone’s comments on the article that ran in the Los Angeles Times this morning. I highly encourage everyone to read it — no grazing please. The story is very good and thorough. The gist of it: Metro staff are recommending that congestion pricing — tolling [continue reading]
Art of Transit: View this post on Instagram A post shared by LA Metro (@metrolosangeles) Dept. of All the Transit News Fit to Print, Courtesy ABC News: PARCHED PIGEON: A passerby approached a water fountain in the Staten Island Ferry terminal at just the right time for this pigeon [continue reading]
Celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day by going Metro to the 34th annual Kingdom Day Parade on Monday, Jan. 21. The Expo Line Expo/Western and Expo/Crenshaw stations are just a short [continue reading]
Seattle has more construction cranes than any other U.S. city — again. Here's how the city stacks up against others. https://t.co/yIwpwMGHrp pic.twitter.com/RGNq0cAA3s — The Seattle Times (@seattletimes) January 16, 2019 L.A. gets a Silver Medal! A lot of them, as far as I can tell, are near transit lines. See: [continue reading]
July 8, 2018 was the hottest day on record in Los Angeles. By 2050, Los Angeles will experience longer and more intense heat waves above 105°F. Higher temperatures, along with [continue reading]
Metro has posted a new round of Safetyville videos this week. The idea here is a good one: use stick figures to vividly show the pitfalls of behaving dangerously around trains, which are really big, don’t stop on a dime and extremely worthy of everyone’s respect. The first set of [continue reading]
In the news… LAUSD teachers could strike beginning Monday — the date has been pushed back. Metro on Tuesday announced it was offering free rides to LAUSD students should a strike occur. Interesting mix of reactions on the comment board and several suggestions that student fares should always be free. [continue reading]
